Fire on Mount Vernon Road ruled arson

1:37 AM,
Jun. 20, 2014

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| Advocate staff report

A quickly contained Wednesday morning fire at a vacant home has been ruled an arson by investigators.

A Newark Division of Police report said Investigator Tim Smith ruled the fire an arson Wednesday. He was approached at the scene of the fire, on the 200 block of Mount Vernon Road, by a person who told Smith about a potential suspect.